Gray Catbird

(Dumetella carolinensis)

Where: Richmond, VA • Glidewell Rd.

Notes: This species is another of the seasonal locals in my yard. During the breeding season this bird shows up about the same time that the bugs and berries do each year. As a member of a group of birds known as mimics, along with the Brown Thrasher and Mockingbird, they are quite the songsters. Their rambling song has little to no repetitiveness to it. It also has a call that sounds a lot like a cat and that is where it got its name from.

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